ECE 250: Computer Architecture

This class introduces the basic parts of a computer, including computer structure, assembly language, instruction execution, addressing techniques, and digital representation of data. As well as computer system organization, logic design, microprogramming, cache and memory systems, and input/output interfaces.

Projects in this class include writing assignments in C to explore bit manipulation, writing in MIPS assembly, and designing logic components in a simulator program called “Logisim.” The final project for the class involves building a complete basic CPU in Logism.

Hi, my name is Ken Kalin. I'm a junior at Duke University. I am double majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Pratt School of Engineering. This summer I worked as an Electrical Engineering Intern at Acoustic Wells, Inc. (now Amplified Industries), an IOT startup based in Boston, MA.

Computer programming has been one of my passions for a number of years. I have conducted research into deep learning and convolutional neural networks as part of the Young Scholar's Program at Northeastern University. I've developed several websites and mobile applications, including an arcade-style iPhone game called “Bubble Basher” and a cross platform messaging application called “The Messageboard.”

In my free time, I am a licensed Ham Radio operator and have contacted people in many countries around the world with my shortwave radio. I also play guitar in a “rock band” with some of my friends.